The complicated dispute in France's former colony -- once the most stable and prosperous country in West Africa -- is France's largest and most precarious military commitment in Africa in almost two decades.
In our precarious and fragile world, loyalty, trust, commitment and love are the things that give us strength.
But the owners of 666 Fifth Avenue see the signs -- "Citi" in blue, topped by a red arc recalling the Travelers umbrella -- as a reaffirmation of corporate commitment at a precarious time in civic history.
It's such a huge commitment and such a precarious thing.
This anomaly might be explained by strength of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the state over the past 35 years and, in particular, their unrivalled commitment to improve the hitherto precarious position of marginal farmers [ 16].
He argues that an ever more precarious labour market will increasingly shred people's belief in commitment, reciprocity, and long-term thinking.
Until they are willing to do their share -- given the precarious condition of the U.S. economy and its already over-stretched commitments and shortage of funds -- the Obama administration is right to lift our boat first.
"But the owner has to have a very high commitment to maintaining the boat". Nevertheless, a boat is still a precarious investment.
In recent weeks, the eurozone has shown a greater commitment to keeping Greece in the single currency but the country's precarious economic, social and political situation means it will not be a straightforward process.
However, developing a tendency to regularly tabulate costs and benefits is a precarious relationship context compared to devoting attention to shared resources, goals, and values as this can lessen commitment to the relationship (e.g., Aron & Aron, 1997; Stafford & Canary, 2006).
What this precarious moment requires of us is a more intense version of what every moment requires of us: a commitment to love and to justice.
